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Verification of the Daily Periodicity of the Formation of Microincrements on Otoliths of Juveniles of the Ocellated Blenny Opisthocentrus ocellatus (Opisthocentridae) for a Retrospective Evaluation of the Period of Mass Hatching under the Conditions of Peter the Great Bay of the Japan Sea

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Experiments were carried out on intravital otolith-tagging of juveniles of ocellated blenny after transition to benthic life mode with Alizarin Red S. Tagging at a dye concentration of 200 mg/L for 16–18 h at night, yielded 100% formation of fluorescent tags with zero mortality of experimental individuals. Alizarin tags on the otoliths correspond to “stress” tags in the form of darker microincrements, visible in transmitted light. Calculation of the microincrements in the zone between two consecutive taggings at an interval of 9 days confirmed the daily periodicity of their formation at this stage of development of ocellated blenny. This made it possible to determine the hatching period of juveniles in natural conditions in Zhitkov Bay (Russky Island, Peter the Great Bay, Sea of Japan). Larvae in 2017 for this species hatched, according to our estimates, from the last ten days of March to the end of the second ten days of April, with a peak in the first ten days of April. Hatching begins even under the ice at a slightly negative water temperature of –1 to 0°C, but it proceeds mainly already at a temperature of 1–3°C, after the bay is clear of ice. Taking into account the known timing of spawning of ocellated blenny in Peter the Great Bay (November–early December), it can be stated that development of their eggs in this area is greatly slowed at water temperatures below zero in December–March and can span 4–5 months, which is almost three times longer than the development time in the milder conditions of southern Hokkaido.

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The author thanks the head of the Laboratory of Ichthyology, A.A. Balanov, for assistance in organizing work and collecting material and the Directorate of the Primorye Oceanarium for creating technical conditions for studies in the water area of Zhitkov Bay. The author would especially like to mention, with gratitude, Yu.S. Nekotinev of the Scientific-Adaptation Complex of the Primorye Oceanarium for assistance in collecting material.

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Shelekhov, V.A. Verification of the Daily Periodicity of the Formation of Microincrements on Otoliths of Juveniles of the Ocellated Blenny Opisthocentrus ocellatus (Opisthocentridae) for a Retrospective Evaluation of the Period of Mass Hatching under the Conditions of Peter the Great Bay of the Japan Sea. Oceanology 63, 370–378 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1134/S000143702303013X

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